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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Junin de los Andes in Argentina

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Junin de los Andes in Argentina. Event id: us1000hwn6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwn6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 14:12:24 / November 26, 2018 @ 2:12 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:12:24 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.81 km (99 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -71.417 West, latitude -39.8546 South, depth = 159.81 km.

The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Villarrica (c. 31 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pucón (c. 27 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from San Martín de los Andes (c. 23 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Panguipulli (c. 16 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Junín de los Andes (c. 10 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villarrica, Panguipulli, Pucón. Country/countries that might be effected, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km WNW of Junin de los Andes, Argentina.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.417° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-39.8546° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	159.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31km WNW of Junin de los Andes, Argentina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-11-26 14:12:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-26 15:19:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.273	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000hwn6	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hwn6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hwn6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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